A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday said the country’s position on the upcoming “Friends of Syria” meeting has not changed, indicating it would continue with its policy of not attending the events.

Liu Weimin told a regular press briefing: “At this point, there is no information that China will attend the meeting.”

His remarks came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia would not attend the meeting to be held in Paris this week.

Speaking at the Friends of Syria conference in Paris, Clinton called on Russia and China to “get off the sidelines” and accused them of “standing up for” al-Assad’s regime. She urged the other 100 or so nations and organizations represented at the summit to “make it clear that Russia and China will pay a price” for that position.

“I ask you to reach out to Russia and China and not only ask but demand that they get off the sidelines,” she said. “I don’t think Russia and China believe they are paying any price at all, nothing at all, for standing with (the) Assad regime.”

China said the resolution is neither balanced nor objective. It will do no good to help resolve the human rights issues in Syria, instead will possibly intensify the confrontation among parties in Syria, making the political process of Syria more complicated, China said.